[Groop] Groo Genre

[E C]

----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Steller <mrgrooism at yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 04:27:03 -0700 (PDT)
To: E C <mightyhero at mail.com>
Subject: Re: [Groop] Groo Genre

> --- E C <mightyhero at mail.com> wrote:
> > I don't think a comic book qualifies as a
> > book for a college course, but I'm probably
> > going to get kicked off of the mailing list
> > for this ...
> 
> Well, I can't vote to kick you off, since I'm kicked
> off myself, but consider your wrist slapped, Eric!
> 
> MAUS has been taught as a college level course, as I'm
> sure have many others. The main difference between
> comic books and other sources of literature is 
> 
> a) They are told using both narrative and visual
> storytelling methods, and
> 
> b) Public perception is that comics are a "lesser
> form" because folks have decided they are just for
> kids!
> 
> The FORM of the narrative shouldn't exclude it from
> eligibility for serious discussion.
> 
> There is great diversity in books, cinema and
> television, but nowadays there is much, much less
> diversity in comics than in its heyday. It is these
> "just for kids" and "not for serious attention"
> attitudes that help keep comics pigeonholed and keep
> publishers from taking risks with the material.
> 
> OK, time to get off of the soap box!
> 
> (If I had a vote, Eric, nothing in the world could get
> you kicked off of the Groop, hee hee!!!)
> 
> =====
> -------------------------------
> -Larry "Mr. Grooism" Steller, Mendicant Second Class
> 
> "Of course, it is ironic that a media company that should be fighting for the First Amendment is trying to undermine it." -Judge Denny Chin, on Franken vs. Fox
> 
> For Fair & Balanced, non-blurry reading, check out: • Insider entertainment stuff and an anything goes weblog from Television/Comic Book Wordsmith MARK EVANIER: http://www.newsfromme.com/ and http://www.povonline.com/ • FORGOTTEN NEW YORK, photohistorian Kevin Walsh's journal of fading NYC: http://www.forgotten-ny.com/ • Comic Book Artist/Animator SCOTT SHAW!'s ODDBALL COMICS, a tribute to classic comic strangeness (and message board!) at http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/oddball/
> 
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